Getting To Know The Term Eustress, Stress That Has A Positive Effect On The Body

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JAKARTA - Not all stress is the same. Some of the stress faced in life is detrimental and some are actually healthy. One type of stress that is useful is known as eustress.

Reporting from Very Well Family, Tuesday, November 7, eustress refers to stress that leads to a positive response. This is the opposite of pressure and can refer to all kinds of stress that are beneficial, both physically and psychologically. This tends to be short-term and often feels exciting. People think this type of stress can be managed and even motivates.

Physically, eustress often resembles feelings of stress in many ways. You may feel nervous, your heart palpitations, and your mind may be racing. The difference is how this physical sensation is felt.

When you are under stress, you tend to feel uncomfortable and overwhelmed. As for eustress, you will feel joy or anticipation.

Eustress is often associated with positive results. To understand this type of stress that is useful, here are examples that you can pay attention to. Unlike stress stress, eustress is usually associated with feelings of joy and challenge, not anxiety or fear.

Life change: The big transition in life can create eustress. An example of a change that can create beneficial stress like this is to start a new job, engage in a relationship, and raise children.

A smaller challenge: The joy of riding a roller accident, watching a horror film, or a pleasant challenge is an example of eustress. Even very heavy exercise can be an example of stress of this type.

A new experience: Traveling can also trigger eustress because it can cause significant discomfort and ignorance, but it also gives you a lot of finding. The first date, first day of work, or other interesting things are also included in the eustress.

The positive impact of eustress includes increasing concentration or focus, encouraging a person to take new challenges, motivating a person to have new goals, helping someone to be more responsible in facing the challenges of giving meaning and purpose to life and helping someone to feel healthier and happier.

Although eustress is often considered a type of stress that is beneficial because it can have a positive impact on life. However, it is important to remember that eustress remains one type of stress. Therefore, eustress can be a type of negative stress or even chronic stress, if not balanced with self-control or lasts too long and continuously.